Combination-knife for cutting toothpicks.



G. P. STANLEY. COMBINATION KNIFE FOR CUTTING TOOTHPIOKS.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.22, 1911.

1,038,798. Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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ITED STATES" PATENT OFFIGE.

GEORGE r. STANLEY, 0F DIXFIELD, MAINE, ASSIGNOR r0 DIXFIELD roorrrrrcx 00.,

or DIX IELD, MAINE,

COMBINATION-KNIFE FOR CUTTING TOOTHPICKS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE'P. STANLEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Dixfield, in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, have invented an Improve ment in Combination-Knives for Cutting Toothpicks, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention is a die or shaping knife for a machine for making tooth-picks or splint-like articles of the same general character, and has for its object a construction capable of adjustment for extreme accuracy or register in connectionwith an automatic machine and preferably having provision for changing the angle or taper slightly, means for accurately alining the edges of the four cutting devices into one and the same plane, and a cutter capable of economizing the material being cut, so that it is practicable to use a narrow strip of the wood.

A further feature of my invention resides in having the entire cutter or die united in one body or article of manufacture so thatit may be mounted as a whole in the machine, adjusted as a whole, etc.

Furthermore, I regard it as new toadjust the end cutters, whether independently of each other or not, with relation to the longitudinal cutters, and new to provide in the cutting die itself means for varying the length of the tooth-pick being manufactured. Also by having each cutting part made in a separately removable piece or block, the die is much more readily repaired and the parts replaced in case of breakage. V

The constructional features of my invention and further advantages thereof will be more fully pointed out in the course of the following description, taken with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, and the latter will be more par ticularly defined in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the die in front elevation, as the same would appear in looking from the in-going end of the machine toward the outgoing end there- 1 of; Fig. 2 is a view thereof in rear elevation;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view partially broken Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Application filed March 22, 1911. Serial No. 616,223.

away to show the adjusting means more fully; Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the die as it appears in the machine; Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view on the dotted line 5-5, Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a portion of the splint or strip of wood indicating the manner in which the same is cut by the die 1n accordance with my invention.

The die or composite knife block or cut.

ting head is composed of two main knife bars 1, 2 providedwith straight-edge knives 3, 4 respectively, shown as extending integrally upward from, and therefore constituting a part of, said knife bars, said knives having approximately parallel vertical walls on their contiguous sides and obliquely di vergent outer walls, as best shown in F 1g. 5, and auxiliary end-knife bars 5, 6 provided with end cutters 7 8 respectively, these end cutters having their adjacent faces vertical and grooved and their outer faces oblique and rounded. Suitable guiding means of any convenient kind is preferably provided for automatically alining and directing the auxiliary end cutters or knives, such means being herein shown as comprising a guide way 9 and slot 10, formed to interlock lengthwise of the block, the former being preferably on the bar 2 and the latter on the end-knife bar. These end-knife bars 5, 6 are secured to the block by any suitable means, preferably adjustably, headed screws 11 being herein shown for that purpose threaded into the longitudinal knife bar 2 and passing through elongated slots 12 in the short end-knife bars, the heads being seated in countersinks 13. The two long knife bars 1, 2 are clamped together by any suitable means as by screws 14 and are held.

angularly with relation to each other by wedge pieces or blocks 15, 16 or any other suitable means whereby the accurate positioning of the blades 3, 4 is secured with that extreme nicety of position and adjustpicksin the manner required in this class of machines. One of the objects of having the end cutters 7, 8 independent of each other ment requisite for the cutting of the tooth- L is to permit their relative angle to be changed slightly with relation to each other,"

and for this purpose I provide adjusting means, herein shown as consisting of screws 17 threaded into the bars 2 from the back side of the block so as to abut against the,

end-knife bars .6 and therebycontrol vtheir positionout or in with relation to said bar 2- By his a s, the r a 'y i lation to each'other and to the bars'3, i is 1 a r the like, comprising longitudinal slicing cont-rolled with extreme accuracy.

The constructionthus far descrihed'per-i mits all. the cutters, 2'. e. the two longitudinal cutters 3,4 and the two end .clltters- 7, ,8; which constitutethe cut-'terhead or die-block,

to be all together'in one body,' which Iconsidernot only new but ofigreat practical vantage; Because of this construction it is possible to adjust the cutters with relation each other with the utmost precision so that they will maintain that adjustment notwithstanding that the .block or die as a whole may be shifted in the machine. 'The adjustment of the diiierent cutters with relation to each other is accomplished before the block or die put into the machine, and

the block as a wholeis properly adjusted and secured inithe machine. This promotes the accuracy ofthe machine'and tends to facilitate} theeconomy of stock. In Fig. 6 I have indicated the manner of making the cuts in the woodwith my die or composite cutting tool, from which it will be evident that my cutter makes it feasible to use an unusuallynarrow strip of wood,.inasmuch as practicall the entire strip is utilized. Also, by having the end cutters 7 8 made independent of each other, the length ofthe tooth-pick may be varied by adjusting said end cutters .or knives toward or from each other. I consider it new to adjust the end cutters or lmives, whether independently or net. By having them independent of each other, not only can their angle and relative position be changed, but incase one breaks, it is extremely easy to replace the same. This applies also to the entire arrangement inasmuch as, each blade being carried'by a separate piece the breakage or lnjury of any one bladedoes not necessitate the discarding of the entire block, but only of that one blade. Also, by having the'blades separate, they can be relatively adjusted so that each will register accurately with the others and permit-all four cutting surfaces tobe brought absolutely even, i. 6. int; one a d the sam h r zon al cut in plane.- In practice the die is set in the machine so that the endcutters or' knives 7, 8

"are nearer the operator, 2'. e the work is fed from leftxto right, Fig; 5, the the being used in an usual machine such for instance as the machine shown in PatentlNol 963,1 i1

("Of July 5, 1910,

7 A a V the sp fic tai tthe pr te r d em A a y e plai d, i will be n e stood that my invention is not restricted to cement h ein on a ned; a a rid ange f 7 changes in form, 'c'onstruction and relation o par ay b ma v thiilihe pir t a d scope of the broader of appended claims;

Havingndescribed my invention, what I h claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is ii '1. A cutter the for making tooth picks or means for cutting the body length of the means from operative thrusts, said ineans 4 consisting in an abutment projecting from one of said. means transversely ofthe direction of cuttingmovement, the other of said meansbeing provided with a recess for receiving said abutment, and means for rigidly clamping said end cutting and longitudinal slicingmeans together'with'the end cutting means adjustably" spaced laterally from said slicing means.

2. A cutter die for making tooth picks or the like, comprising longitudinal slicing means for cutting the body length of the tooth picks, end cuttingmeans, and means for rigidlyclamping said end cutting means to said longitudinal slicing means in different positions of lateral adjustmentrelative to said slicing means. A a 3. A cutter die formakin'g tooth picks or the like, comprising a pair oflongitudinal slicing cutters, and end cutters, said slicing and end cutters being rigidlyclamped togetherand 'saidendcutters having provision tor adjustable lateral spacing from "thecut'ting edges of said slicing cutters.

V .4. A cutter die for making tooth picks or the like,.comprising longitudinal slicing means for cutting thebody length of the tooth picksfend forming and cut-'ofl means, connections for holding the latter" means rigid with said slicing means, andmeans 00- 5 operative therewith for positioning the cutoff means different positions of transverse lateral adjustment relative to the slicing means while preserving thef'rigid connection between the parts} 5. A cutter die for making tooth picks or i the i like, comprising longitudinal cutting means for cutting the body length of the tooth picks, end cut-oft means, and means for rigidly clamping said cut-off means in 5 rigid interlocking relation to said slicing means in difierent positions of angular adjustmenttransversely of said slicing means. 6. A cutter die formaking tooth picks'or' the like, comprising longitudinal; cutting 12 means for cutting the body length of the" tooth picks, end cut-off meansrigidly mount ed in interlocking relation to said slicing I the like, comprising longitudinal slicing cutters rigidly clamped together, opposite end forming and cut-ofi cutters With means for rigidly clamping them to the slicing cutters, and means cooperative With said clamping means for permitting both lengthwise and transverse lateral adjustment of the cut-off cutters relative to the slicing cutters, said means presenting a transverse abutment in all positions of adjustment of the cut-off cutters to resist displacement thereof from operative thrusts.

8. A cutter die for making tooth picks or the like, comprising longitudinal slicing cutters rigidly clamped together, opposite end forming and cut-0ft cutters, means for clamping said end cutters rigidly in interlocking relation to said slicing cutters, said means being formed to permit endwise adjustment of said end cutters, and means for varying the angular adjustment of the end cutters transversely of the slicing cutters.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE P. STANLEY. Witnesses:

WINTHROP L. GUILD, JOHN M. HOLLAND.

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